Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-01
SUBSTITUTE BILL.
To Establish a Ref ,rmatory for Youthful
Convicts.


Core pondence of the Gazatte.
AUSTIN, TEX, Jan. 30.-Following Is
the full text of substitute bill to be
offered by Mr.. Bell of Denton in place Of
Mr. Tate's bill to establish reformatory
for youthful convicts:
A bill to be entitled an act to locate and
establish a retormatory for minor con-
victs and to make an appropriation there
for.
Section l. Be it enacted by the Legis-
lature of the state of Texas, that there
shall be located and established reform
atory in this state for the confinement of
convtcts under twenty one years of age,
and for their physical, mental and moral
development.
Sc. =. The Governor shall appoint
three commissioners, who shall select tie
site for said refOrmatory, who shall re-
ceive So per day for their services and
the necessary expenses incurred during
the time of such service, which time shall
not exceed forty days; their accounts to
be certified by the president of said board
of commissioners and approved by the
Governor, whereupon the Comptroller
shall audit the claims and draw
his warrant upon the Treasure
for the respective amounts.
Said commissioners or a majority of
them shall select the site for said
reformatOry with view to the fertility Of
the soil, health, water aud railroad faeili-
ties, and The same shall contain not less
than four, nor more than ten thousand
acres of LAND.
Sec 5. That when said 'mmissioners
shall have made their report to the Gov
ernOr and the same has been approved by
him, they shall take title to the land
selected in the name of the state for the
use and benefit of said state reformatory.
Sec. 4. That the Governor shall, with
the advice and consent of the Senate,
appoint superintendent at q salary of
$1,000 per anpum, whose services and
salary shall date from the day he receives
notice from the Governor; that the third
section CT this act has bt en- fully COM
piled with. The superintendent
shall also be the financial
agent of the reformatory, whose
duty it shall be to purchase all materials
and supplies and disburse all moneys that
may be appropriated therefor. Before
entering upon the discharge of his tuties
he shall give bond in the sum of $4,000
with two or more sufficient sureties, pay
able to the Governor and his successors
in office, to be approved by the penite1
tiary board, conditioned for the faithful
performance of his duties as prescribed
i this act, and as may ne prescribed by
the penitentisry board, provided the
same are not inconsistent with the con-
stituuon aud laws of he state.
Sc 5 1t shall be the duty of the SUI
perintendent to employ competent arch.
itect to draw plans and speclficat ions for
the main building or bui dings, subject to
the approval of the penltentiary board,
and supervise the construction of the
same under the direction of the superin-
tendent.
Sec. 6. All persons under twenty-one
years of age who snail be convicted of fell
ony shall be sentenced either to the pen
itentlary or to the refo matory as the Jury
may determine, and all convlcts now in
the peni entiary under twenty-one years
Of age shall be transferred to the reform
atofy, with such exceptions as the peni-
Tertiary board may see proper to make.
The labor o. said convicts to be u ilized
in the construction Of said rsformatOry,
after which the chief employment of its
inmates shall be agriculture and horticul
ture until such time as the Legislature
shall otherwise direct.
Sec. T. The superintendent shall have
authority to transfer any convict to the
peniteHtiary for attempt to escape, III
subordination or other grave misconduct,
aud when so transferred he or she shall
not again be eligible TO enter the reforma
tory.
Sec. 8. The officers, employees and con-
victs of the reformatory shall sustain the
same relations t. the penitentiary board
as do the officers, employees and con-
victs Of the penitentiaries under existing
law.
Sec. 9. That the sum of $500, 900, or
so much thereof as may necessary. be
and the same is hereby appropriated out
of tue general revenue not otherwise ap
for the location and estab-
lishment of the reformatory provided for
in this act.